Jim Hawkins

University of Houston Law Center

Professor of Law

4604 Calhoun Road

4604 Calhoun Road

Houston, TX 77204-6060

United States

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Dude, Where's My Car Title?: The Law, Behavior, and Economics of Title Lending Markets

2014 University of Illinois Law Review 1013
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2014
Kathryn Fritzdixon, Jim Hawkins and Paige Marta Skiba
Vanderbilt University, University of Houston Law Center and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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title lending, payday loans, fringe banking, behavioral law and economics, alternative financial services

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Just Until Payday

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 54, 2007, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 83
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Aug 2006
Ronald J. Mann and Jim Hawkins
Columbia University - Law School and University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 670 (55,525)
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payday lending, bank regulation, consumer finance, cognitive failure

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Regulating on the Fringe: Reexamining the Link Between Fringe Banking and Financial Distress

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 86, p. 1361, 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2011
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 619 (61,412)

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Fringe Banking, Financial Distress, Payday Lending, Pawnshops, Rent-To-Own, Title Lending, Credit Cards

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Earned Wage Access and the End of Payday Lending

101 Boston University Law Review 706 (2021), U of Houston Law Center No. 2020-A-1, 101 Boston University Law Review 706 (2021)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2021
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
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payday loans, earned wage advance, earned wage access, consumer credit, alternative financial services

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Renting the Good Life

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 111, William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 49, 2007
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 01 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2008
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 548 (71,668)

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rent-to-own, consumer finance, behavioral law and economics

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The Federal Government in the Fringe Economy

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 23, 2011
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2011
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 338 (125,922)

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fringe banking, payday lending, rent-to-own, pawnshops, auto title lending, Dodd-Frank Act

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Doctors as Bankers: Evidence from Fertility Markets

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 841, 2010, CLEA 2009 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2010
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
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consumer finance, behavioral law and economics, fertility markets, consumer protection

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Selling Art: An Empirical Assessment of Advertising on Fertility Clinics’ Websites

88 Indiana Law Journal 1147 (2013), U of Houston Law Center No. 2013-A-2
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2013
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
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fertility business, consumer protection, advertising law

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Using Advertisements to Diagnose Behavioral Market Failure in Payday Lending Markets

51 Wake Forest Law Review 57 (2016)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 264 (162,575)

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Credit on Wheels: The Law and Business of Auto Title Lending

Washington and Lee Law Review, 2012
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 31 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2013
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 237 (180,585)
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auto title lending, fringe banking, consumer credit, bankruptcy, financial distress, alternative financial service provider

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Financing Fertility

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 47, pp. 115-165, 2010
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Feb 2010
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
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Consumer Finance, Infertility, IVF

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Are Bigger Companies Better for Low-Income Borrowers?: Evidence from Payday and Title Loan Advertisements

11 Journal of Law, Economics and Policy 303 (2015)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 185 (226,763)
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payday lending, auto title lending, alternative financial service providers

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The Behavioral Economics of Lawyer Advertising: An Empirical Assessment

University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Houston Law Center No. 2018-A-5
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2018
Jim Hawkins and Renee (Newman) Knake Jefferson
University of Houston Law Center and University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 154 (264,628)

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Advertising Injustices: Marketing Race and Credit in America

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 70, No. 1619, 2021
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Oct 2021
Jim Hawkins and Tiffany Penner
University of Houston Law Center and University of Houston, Law Center
Downloads 152 (267,433)

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credit, banking, discrimination, advertising

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Protecting Consumers as Sellers

Indiana Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Houston Law Center
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Mar 2018
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 146 (276,213)

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Sharing Economy, Consumer Law, eBay, Uber, Uniform Commercial Code

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Papers, Petitions, and Parades: Free Expression's Pivotal Function in the Early Labor Movement

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 28, 2007
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2006
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
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free speech, free expression, labor law, social movements, social movement theory, unions, legal history

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The CARD Act on Campus

Washington and Lee Law Review, Forthcoming, 7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, U of Houston Law Center No. 2013-A-1
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2013
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 128 (305,682)

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credit cards, student debt, CARD Act, consumer protection, young consumers, student, credit

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Law's Remarkable Failure to Protect Mistakenly Overpaid Employees

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 99, 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Oct 2014
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
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restitution, employment law, debt collection, bankruptcy, unjust enrichment, self-help remedies

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Consumer Credit in America: Past, Present, and Future (Introduction)

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 80, 2017, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 397
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 31 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2017
Pamela Foohey, Jim Hawkins, Creola Johnson and Nathalie Martin
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, University of Houston Law Center, Ohio State University - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and University of New Mexico - School of Law
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consumer credit, payday loans, CFPB, debt criminalization, reverse mortgages, advertising, credit reports, consumer litigation funding

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Exploiting Advertising

Law and Contemporary Problems, Forthcoming, U of Houston Law Center No. 2016-A-17
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2016
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 80 (415,749)

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reverse mortgages, behavioral economics, contract law

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Can Voluntary Price Disclosures Fix the Payday Lending Market?

Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 6, 2016, U of Houston Law Center No. 2016-A-7
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 03 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2016
Jim Hawkins
University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 64 (468,599)

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Payday Loans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau